UK's Biggest Solar Energy Park Goes Online at Howberry Business Park
The UK has officially opened their largest solar energy farm at the Howberry business park in Oxfordshire. Being the first large ground system connected to the national grid, this solar park is capable of generating about 683 MWh of solar energy annually.
New Colloidal Quantum Dots Solar Cells Gather Visible and Infrared Light
A solar cell developed at the Unversity of Toronto, Canada, is able to harvest both visible and infrared light and can theoretically achieve efficiencies of up to 42 percent. Their tandem solar cell is based on colloidal quantum dots (CQD), and the team has been led by Professor Ted Sargent, a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
New Multiferroic Alloy Magnetizes When Heated, Transforms Waste Heat Into Electricity
A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota has discovered a new alloy that can transform heat into electricity. The approach is new and uses a coil to transform the magnetic field generated by the alloy.
Project Amp to Become United States' Largest Rooftop Solar Project
Since 2009, Prologis, a leading global provider of industrial real estate, has been installing solar photovoltaic cells on the roofs of their own properties. Now they come up with a project, named Project Amp, that aims to install solar panels on the rooftops of 750 buildings across the US to produce 733MW of clean power.
Voltaic Spark: 8-Watt Solar Powered Carrying Case for iPads and Other Gadgets
I've been writing about Nokia testing a solar powered version of one of their cellphones just the other day, and thought it's a pretty stupid idea to apply solar cells on phones since they're kept mostly inside pockets, and they aren't transparent. Today I found out that a company called Voltaic is releasing a solar powered carrying case for tablets - the Spark.
Tata Steel Develops World's Largest Solar Cell-Coated Girder
Tata Steel, India's leading supplier of stainless steel, in partnership with the Australian solar technology company Dyesol, has recently developed the world's largest girder coated with solar panels.
Solar Powered Nokia C1-02 Cellphone Tested Around The World
Nokia is seemingly testing a solar powered phone these days in different conditions from different parts of the globe. They put four of their C1-02 devices, each having an attached solar panel and sent them to Kenya, the Arctic Circle, Sweden and to a boat on the Baltic Sea.
"Waterless" 700-Megawatt Solar Power Plant To Be Ready By 2013 in Mesquite Desert
Sempra Energy is the company that won a $359 million conditional loan guarantee last week from the Department of Energy regarding the construction of a 700MW solar power plant in the Mesquite desert in Arizona.
Scrap Materials Used to Build 500W Vertical Axis Wind Turbine System
Along history, some said making wind turbines, transporting them to the site, installing and performing regular maintenance emits lots of carbon dioxide and uses lots of raw materials. A team of students from Cape May Technical High School in New Jersey has proved the contrary.
SunPower's Solar Panels Enter The Guinness Book
I didn't know the Guiness Book awards solar cell efficiencies lately. This story I read on Cleantechnica tells how SunPower, "the most popular solar panels company in California," got into the Guinness Book for providing people with "the most efficient commercially available photovoltaic modules on the market."
